Day 4

The Canterbury Tales Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

Glossing the Gloss

Kind of Activity:

Objective:

To examine the Wife of Bath's sources of authority and thus her credibility as a tale teller.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.7

Structure:

(10-15 min)

Lead a class discussion: How does the Wife of Bath use or misuse her textual sources in her prologue? Introduce the idea of "glossing" as a whole class.

Assign student groups to different Biblical sources that the Wife "glosses" in her prologue, e.x. the letters of St. Paul, the discussion around the injunction to "Be fruitful and multiply," the stories of Biblical wives who have mastery over...

The Canterbury Tales Questions and Answers

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The youngest rioter plans to poison the wine of the other two. When the other two return, the wickedest rioter kills the youngest rioter. The remaining rioters drink the wine, now poisoned by the youngest rioter, to celebrate and they die.

Study Guide for The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales is the last of Geoffrey Chaucer's works, and he only finished 24 of an initially planned 100 tales. The Canterbury Tales study guide contains a biography of Geoffrey Chaucer, literature essays, a complete e-text, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

Essays for The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales is considered one of the greatest works produced in Middle English. The Canterbury Tales essays are academic essays for citation. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.